More than 130 seal pups born in River Thames over last 12 months
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It may look like a scene from the Antarctic, but these amazing pictures of a large seal colony were taken on the Thames Estuary.
More than 130 seal pups were born in the River Thames over the last 12 months, according to new figures.
Harbour seals bred 138 newborns in the once filthy river, which is now also home to sharks, seahorse and eels.
Conservationists say it proves the Thames’ ecosystem is now “thriving” after being declared “biologically dead” 60 years ago.
The pictures of the seal colony were taken on the Thames Estuary near Herne Bay in Kent.
Conservation biologist Thea Cox, of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) which conducted the survey, said: “We were thrilled to count 138 pups born in a single season.
“The seals would not be able to pup here at all without a reliable food source, so this demonstrates that the Thames ecosystem is thriving and shows just how far we have come since the river was declared biologically dead in the 1950s.”
ZSL has estimated Thames seal populations annually since 2013. The most recent results, from 2017, recorded 1,104 harbour seals and 2,406 grey seals across the estuary.
The pioneering pup-count was an attempt to understand why seal numbers in the river are increasing.
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Scientists are unsure whether the numbers are rising due to resident seals having pups or because adults are migrating from other regions where colonies are known to be dwindling.
The ZSL team analysed hundreds of photos taken during the seal’s summer pupping season as part of UK-wide seal monitoring initiatives.
They took photos from a light aircraft as the seals rested on the sandbanks and creeks below, making it easier and more accurate to count the constantly moving, playful creatures.
The Thames is home to both harbour seals and grey seals, but only the former breed there.
Project manager Anna Cucknell, who leads ZSL’s Thames conservation, said: “Incredibly, harbour seal pups can swim within hours of birth which means they are well adapted to grow up in tidal estuaries, like the Thames.
“By the time the tide comes in they can swim away on it. Grey seals, on the other hand, take longer to be comfortable in the water, so breed elsewhere and come to the Thames later to feed.”
“The restored ‘Mother Thames’ - as we call her - is an essential nursery habitat and home to many animals including more than 100 species of fish, including two species of shark, short-snouted seahorses and the Critically Endangered European eel.”
ZSL is launching its virtual reality experience ‘Thames Safari’ as part of the Totally Thames Festival later this week.
It will allow explorers to learn about the animals - including seals - as they journey through one of London’s most important wildlife habitats.
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PUT HIS FOOT IN IT - Footage shows a man allegedly on the run from police hiding in an attic - before falling directly onto a waiting officer
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This funny video shows the moment a man who was allegedly hiding from police in an attic fell through the ceiling - leaving his leg dangling inches above a waiting officer.
Matty Walsh, 24, was at a party with some friends when he heard a banging at the door and someone shout "police" - at which point one of the group vanished.
He said that he had no idea who the man was, how he got there, or where he went when the police knocked on the door in Rochdale, Manchester.
But he said police came in and declared they were looking for an alleged suspect - before there was a loud creak from the ceiling.
A hole appeared in the roof and plaster rained down on the police officer as a man's leg appeared through the ceiling.
Matty, from Rochdale, Manchester, said: "We heard a cracking and the police said, 'who's in the roof'?
"The next thing a foot comes in and the plaster comes down and almost hits the copper on the head.
"There was no way out and he came down when they went to get him, there was no way out so he just gave up.
"We were all having a laugh about it, I don't know what the coppers thought of it."
As Matty filmed the two officers interviewing a party goer on the sofa on the opposite side of the room, a loud creak can be heard coming from the roof.
Matty, a builder, said he realised what was happening and filmed the incident on May 31, to put on Snapchat.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police confirmed that a man had been arrested at the party following an earlier domestic assault
They said: "Shortly after 02.00am on Saturday, June 1, officers responded to reports of a domestic assault in Rochdale.
"A male was detained at a nearby house in Ennerdale Road and arrested on suspicion of assault and breaching a restraining order."
Video by: Matty Walsh
14-year-old has become the youngest Brit to fly solo in a powered aircraft - three years before he's even allowed to DRIVE
Video by: Ellis Wylam 
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A 14-year-old schoolboy has become the youngest Brit to fly solo in a powered aircraft - three years before he's even allowed to DRIVE.
Junior aviator Maksim Ferguson bypassed British laws - which will not allow him to get his wings until he is 16 - by travelling to Canada for the privilege.
Canada is the only country in the world where a 14-year-old is allowed to fly on their own.
Teenager Maks received a certificate after he took to the skies at Burlington, Ontario, Canada, on Monday April 15 at age 14 years, one month and 28 days old.
He was joined by dad, Vincent Ferguson OBE, 54, who runs his own ecological incineration business, on a two-week mission to get him in the air.
Despite being challenged by typical Canadian weather, which saw high winds and even snow, Maks, from Mawdesley, Lancs., managed to cram in as many lessons as possible to achieve his dream.
For his first ever flight Maks took off alone in gusty conditions in a Piper PA-28 single engine, four-seater aeroplane, ascending to 1,000 ft.
In 15 minutes he navigated the chosen flight path and communicated with Canadian air traffic control, before successfully touching back down at the airstrip.
Maks said: “I wasn't expecting to go solo when I did.
“They had cancelled nearly all the flights as the weather was so bad and I thought that any opportunity to fly had gone out the window.
"Then we got a call from the Chief Flying Instructor saying let's head out, who then said I was ready and I could go solo.
“It all happened so fast and I was so nervous sitting there on the runway in the plane by myself.
"It also didn't help that my dad and all my instructors were stood right beside it filming me and taking pictures."
Over the next couple of days, with improved weather, Maks went up again, totting up over two hours' solo flying time.
Maks' UK flying instructor told him that, as he had been taking almost weekly lessons since he was eight-years-old, he was experienced enough to fly solo by the time he was 12.
Maks and his dad had originally planned for him to fly to Australia to when he was 16 so he could fly solo 12 hours before he would have been able to in the UK.
But when they found out about Canadian law they set new plans in motion.
Before Maks could fly he had to pass a Class 3 Canadian Medical Certificate, which he did in the UK.
He had to reach the minimum ten hours' flying time in Canadian skies, which includes performing stalls, spins and spiral dives - not allowed for safety reasons in the UK.
He also had to pass an aviation exam, the PSTAR Examination, and the ROC(A) and English Proficiency Test to correctly communicate with Canadian air traffic control.
The high-flying teen hopes one day he will be an RAF pilot or commercial airline pilot.
“The funny thing is, my dad was once terrified of flying, but he overcame his fear and got his pilot licence when I was really young," said Maks.
"I'd grown up around planes because of my dad and absolutely loved flying from my very first lesson."
Maks' father went with Maks on his own. Mum, Victoria, who is 38 and works for the family business, and little sister, Charlotte, 11, were too scared to go along.
Image by: Jon Mills
Image by: Jon Mills
Vincent said: “I still remember the day I took the stabilisers off Maks' bike when he was a little boy and I felt that same anxiety as when he went cycling away from me all those years ago, albeit on a far greater magnitude.
"I was petrified, it was two weeks of hell for me, but Maks took the whole thing in his stride and flew like an absolute professional. I am so proud of him."
Maks has loved flying since he was five-years-old but took his first official flying lesson at ANT (Air Navigation & Trading) in Blackpool, Lancs., when he was eight.
Maks' flying instructor, Russell Whyham from ANT, said: “Maks is by far the youngest pilot we've ever trained in our 70+ year history.
"He's been obsessed with aeroplanes since his first lesson and he'll hopefully one day join the elite list of ANT student flyers who go on to become commercial airline pilots or similar.
“His level of training, skill and dedication has meant that he's been ready to fly solo for a number of years now and the only thing that's held him back is his age.”
Sadly Maks will not gain a place in the record books, as the World Guinness Book of Records does not recognise achievements with an age limit.
In January 2019 this year, Ellie Carter was named the UK's youngest pilot when she flew a powered aircraft on her 16th birthday.
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WATER RESCUE - Moment volunteers rescued an exhausted humpback whale being dragged to the seabed after it got caught on lobster pot
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This the incredible moment volunteers rescued an exhausted humpback whale being dragged to the seabed by a lobster pot.
The 12m long adult was left fighting for its life after it got its tail caught on fishing gear off Orkney in Scotland.
The majestic mammal had spent at days - potentially up to a week - battling to keep its blowhole above water, but was fast losing its fight when volunteers arrived.
Video footage shows the cetacean - which could have travelled 4,500 miles from the Caribbean - fighting for its life.
Volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue worked for hours - hanging off the side of boats with their heads in the water - to cut the terrified animal free.
And against the odds it survived the ordeal to swim off into the deep.
Volunteer Noel Hawkins, 49, from Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty, in the Highlands, said: "It was managing to lift its head up and down but it was quite distressed when we first got to it.
"It was trumpeting and breathing very fast. That noise you hear on the video isn't the boat - it's the whale exhaling.
"Once we started work it did begin to be more still.
"That seems to be a bit of a humpback trick. I like to think that's them knowing that they are getting help.
"We had to be really careful. It's not just dangerous for us, but it's dangerous for the animal too.
"It could have been there for up to a week. There was scarring on the tail and down its back. It had been pulling on it for a while."
The team were alerted by a fisherman who returned from holiday to find his lobster and crab pots off Westray Island had snared a whale.
Much to the relief of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, he didn't try to free the whale himself, but got in touch with volunteers.
Image by: Noel Hawkins
Image by: Noel Hawkins
Image by: Noel Hawkins
Image by: Noel Hawkins
Members from across Scotland drove to the top of the country, before getting a ferry, then driving further and chartered a boat, to reach the animal on October 1.
The humpback was being pulled to the seabed by rope tied around a lobster pot, tethered to the seabed by a massive weight.
It was strong enough to lift the weight just enough to get to the surface to breathe, but was fast running out of energy.
The team faced the challenge of getting close enough to rescue the animal, but having to stay safe.
It was too risky for the team to get in the water - in case they are caught up and dragged down with the freed whale - so they have to rescue the animal from the boat.
The team hung off the side of the boat with their heads in the water to get a better look.
Noel, a communities manager with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, cut the whale free, hanging in the water with a knife, while someone on the boat held his legs.
"This one was quite a straight forward rescue, in terms of it was just on the tail," he said.
"We had lots of local support. The fisherman himself was on hand to help us too."
Video by: Gabriella Petty
Desperate mum fears she could lose her son because cannabis oil that stops him having hundreds of daily seizures costs £4,000 a month
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The family of a teenage boy with a rare form of epilepsy are struggling to pay for his £4,000 a month cannabis oil which stops him having hundreds of seizures a day.
Bailey Williams, 17, has had epilepsy since the age of two, but in recent years it has became so severe he would regularly fall to the floor and turn blue.
Doctors tried everything - endless kinds of drugs and therapies - but nothing worked, until a law change meant he was able to have full extract cannabis oil.
Bailey, from Cardiff, was given a prescription from specialist doctors for medicinal use in June, and his parents said it instantly reduced his seizures to less than five a day.
But it is still not available on the NHS, meaning Bailey’s parents have to pay thousands to a neurologist in London for the medicine, which is injected three times a day.
His mum, Rachel Rankmore, 43, called on the NHS to start providing prescriptions so families do not lose out because they can't afford the drug.
Image by: Rachel Rankmore
Image by: Rachel Rankmore
Former banker, Rachel, said: “Without it, he has hundreds of seizures a day and it’s damaging his body.
“He has developed learning difficulties, mental delays and it has changed his personality.
“I thought the seizures might kill him. It’s heartbreaking and I’m scared I’ll lose my son.
“He has improved dramatically since being on cannabis oil and he’s only been on it two months.
“I finally feel like I’ve got my son back and I couldn’t bare to go back to what it was like before.
“But we are not by any means rich and that is just unsustainable. We can’t afford it.”
Bailey has Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, a form of epilepsy only found in around five of every 100 children with the condition, and was diagnosed aged two.
At first his condition was manageable for his parents, Rachel and Craig Williams, 48, a garage manager, and he only had a fit once or twice a month.
But his seizures got worse and by the age of seven Bailey was fitting hundreds of times a day.
His family changed his diet in a desperate bid to stop the seizures, but when that didn't work inserted a device into Bailey's chest, aged seven.
It sends signals to his brain that helped to limit the frequency and severity of his fits, but it only worked for a short time.
At its worst Bailey’s seizures make him fall to the floor and turn blue, and often leave him wheelchair bound and unable to feed himself or talk.
Mum-of-two, Rachel, said: “We have bunged him up on so many drugs but nothing has seemed to work.
“He has different types of seizure and they make him screech and shake.
“He has drop seizures where he does fly across the room and fall to the floor.
"He'll turn blue and be in a complete comatose state afterwards where he can’t walk or talk or do anything.
“The seizures are just horrific. When they happen you can hear every bone in his body creak.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking but we’ve had to learn to put our emotions to one side.
"It got to the point where there were no drugs left to try.”
Image by: Rachel Rankmore
Image by: Rachel Rankmore
Aged 14, during a hospital admission at the University Hospital of Wales doctors told Rachel there were no more drugs to give Bailey.
So the family took matters into their own hands and started to look into the benefits of treating epilepsy with cannabis oil.
They found a product called Charlotte’s Web, a form CBD cannabis oil sold in the USA, and decided to give it a go.
It cost £300 a bottle and would last about six weeks.
Bailey started taking it in 2015 and at first Rachel said she saw a “great improvement” in his condition.
She said: “It worked a treat. There were no emergency hospital visits or increases in medication.
“At the time we couldn’t get our hands on it in the UK.
“But even that reached its potential. He’s seizures go more violent again to the point where he had no quality of life.
“He could be sat playing one minute and the next he could be on the floor shaking.
“He ends up being sat in a wheelchair unable to walk or talk.”
Last November a change in the law made cannabis with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - a psychoactive constituent of cannabis - available for prescription from specialist doctors.
It has allowed him to be treated with a cannabis oil called Bedrolite, since June.
But it's not available on the NHS, forcing Bailey’s family to pay for a private prescription from a neurologist in London, costing up to £4,000 a month.
The family have already raised around £15,000 to put towards treatment but are crowdfunding for the future.
“The difference the oil has is miraculous," Rachel said.
"The evidence is all there and a lot of children need these prescriptions.
“The improvement has been astonishing. It’s not his fault the cannabis oil works for him and he should not be punished for it.
“If we could get an NHS prescription, that would change everything”, said Rachel.
“We can’t keep asking people for help, we can’t keep begging for money
“Until the NHS start writing prescriptions this is what it will be like."
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not recommend the wider use of medical cannabis.
Rachel said: “I thought he would be damaged forever but we’ve finally got the old Bailey back.
“It’s been amazing for us and that has been delightful.
“It’s hard to explain what it’s been like caring for a sick child and we need to spend time repairing our family now.
“We need to learn to get our family life back.”
"If we have to give the medicine up he will not be here for much longer.”
Bailey's fundraising page can be found at: www.gofundme.com/f/mission-for-baileys-shakes
Image by: Rachel RankmoreVideo by: Rachel Rankmore
28-year-old donkey which gave rides to thousands of children has been found stabbed by its owner.
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A 28-year-old donkey which gave rides to thousands of children has been found stabbed by its owner.
Bimbo, one of Greenwich’s beloved Blackheath donkeys, was found bleeding from his side on Friday by one of its minders.
The wound has since become infected and the old donkey has taken a ‘turn for the worse’ in past few days, his owner said.
The oldest in the herd, Bimbo is in a state of shock and has contracted laminitis, a disease similar to thrombosis in humans.
Owner Lorayne Ahmet visited Bimbo after one of his minders raised the alarm.
She said: “I cut back the hair surrounding the wound and found a straight cut. It could have only been from a knife.
“I felt sick when I saw the wound. Who could do this to a donkey?”
“I called the vet and she confirmed Bimbo had been stabbed.”
Lorayne looks after the group of donkeys in memory of her father Len Thorne who died in 2012.
Len had run rides on Blackheath, near Greenwich park in London for 65 years as part of a family tradition dating back to the 1800s.
Lorayne, who is awaiting Bimbo’s blood test results, said: “I call him the Victor Meldrew of the donkey world. He is always on his own and looks grumpy, but never is.
“Dad would have been devastated if he knew what had happened to Bimbo. He was his favourite and led him at his funeral.
“He was doing really well until yesterday. He is now very subdued and in a lot of pain. He spends all day in the corner with a ‘lay off’ look on his face.
“He won’t eat his antibiotics so we are having to manually syringe them into his system.”
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Image by: Steve Chatterley
The herd had lived for nearly 30 years in a field surrounded by six foot fences.
But in 2012 they were moved on after then Mayor of London Boris Johnson decided to build the Greenwich Equestrian Centre on the spot as an Olympic legacy.
The donkeys are now in a field in Eltham, south east London, with shorter fences which leave the herd open to outsiders.
Lorayne said: “The shorter fences was dad’s main worry when we were moved on from Shooters Hill.
“Most of the donkeys are quite shy, but Bimbo is domesticated so I think that’s why they went for him.
“There have been a few stabbings in Eltham of late and I have seen youths messing around with the donkeys. I think one of them could have stabbed Bimbo as a gang initiation task.
“I’d like to get my hands on them, put them in a field and let the general public do what they want with them.
“Anyone who harms an animal, child or elderly person needs to be locked away and the key thrown away.”
Lucy Morris, the donkey minder who found bimbo, has set up a go fund me campaign to cover the vet bills and install taller fences around the field. It has raised more than £2000.
Loyrane added: “I am overwhelmed by people’s comments and donations and I thank them from the bottom of the heart.
“My dad would have been delighted that people remembered him and his donkeys.”
Loyrane reported the incident to the police and is waiting for them to get back to her.
Britain's smallest PUB run by a 98-year-old from her front room and only serves one beer
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These pictures show Britain's smallest pub - run by a 98-year-old from her front room who only serves one type of beer.
Mary Wright runs The Luppitt Inn and sits at a makeshift bar dishing out glasses of booze.
The pensioner only opens up three nights a week, from Thursday to Saturday, from 7.30pm.
There is no music or entertainment, and the toilets are located across the yard, but that hasn't stopped the pub in Honiton, Devon, making it a firm favourite with ale lovers.
Mary's pub has been featured in the real ale drinker's bible published by the Campaign for Real Ale, and the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The inn, previously known as the Red Lion Inn, was opened by Charles Wright, the grandfather of Mary's late husband Albert.
Albert ran it with Mary, who he had one child with, until his death in 1989 at the age of 73.
Since then Mary has run it alone, and despite being in exceptional health for age, her granddaughter Caroline and her husband Philip now help keep it open.
Mary said: “I was born on a farm on the other side of the village but I can’t remember if I came to the pub much before I married when I was about 22, and I’ve lived here since.
"I've enjoyed being a landlady, but I can't tell you many stories because my memory isn't so good these days.
"Caroline and Philip now open the pub for me. They don’t expect me to because I am in my nineties!
“I’ve always joined in with things and customers still come and see me where I’m sat so we still have our chats. Pubs can bring communities together."
Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
Inside the pub there is a fireplace, dartboard and a mix-match of small tables and chairs.
There are few seats to choose from, and an even limited choice of drinks. Its one and only beer is locally brewed Otter Bitter.
Cider lovers are also catered as Mary has a collection of unchilled Thatcher cans behind the bar, and also on offer is a limited selection of spirits, mixers and wine.
It’s cash only and there is no till.
Surrounding the bar is simple wooden shelves and the walls have a few decorations, including pictures of a beauty queen, and even a signed photo of Tina Turner.
Mary continued: “I don’t mind anybody coming in here.
“Years ago it was busy a lot of the time, especially weekends, but it’s not now. It has definitely gone quieter.
"Nowadays you probably get around half a dozen people during the evening."
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Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
SCRUM-BELIEVABLE - Meet the incredible young rugby star who is scoring a hatful of tries - despite only having one ARM
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Meet the incredible young rugby star who is scoring a hatful of tries - despite only having one ARM.
Little Shay Dunster was born with half of his left limb missing but has always loved rugger.
Sadly, the nine-year-old's coaches in Blaenau Gwent, Wales said he had been bullied about his disability to the point where he wanted to give up.
But gentle encouragement meant he kept going - and now he's a local legend.
Shay recently took part in a rugby festival in nearby Cardiff and stole the show by scoring a staggering ELEVEN tries - catching the eye of some of the game's superstars.
Ex-Wales and British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton tweeted: "Tell Shay I said well done and keep up the amazing work. Inspirational."
Shay's mum, Donna, said international scrum-half Rhys Webb had also been in touch to lend his support.
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Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Proud Donna said: "Shay absolutely loves playing rugby and it was amazing to see him play so well at the festival.
"He started with tag rugby about three years ago and loved it. He was worried about the tackles when it moved up to touch, but he hasn't stopped.
"He was on fire at the festival. It is great because it gives him so much more confidence, especially as he had been bullied in the past."
A spokesman for Shay's team, Trefil under 10's, said: "Shay's been asked 'how can you play rugby with one arm? '.
"The team has replied 'because he's talented'.
"He's been bullied to the point he has doubted himself and wanted to give up.
"But with a lot of encouragement he is still playing, he doesn't get treated any differently to the rest of the team and goes out on that field every week and gives it his all.
"He's our very own twinkle toes. Shay is a prime example that a disability doesn't define you as a person. Proud, proud, proud."
Video by: Anita Maric SWNS
A green-fingered couple rented an allotment to grow all their own flowers - for their WEDDING
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A green-fingered couple rented an allotment to grow all their own flowers - for their WEDDING.
Tyler and Aimee Morrison spent a year growing colourful blooms which adorned the guests, tables and venue at their nuptials.
Their flowers decorated the buttonholes of the groomsmen's suits and even the confetti was made out of dried petals from their plot.
They grew poppies, dahlias, Cosmos, and sweetpeas, as well as plenty of wildflowers, including blue cornflowers.
Their countryside wedding venue was filled with bouquets, table arrangements, and a floral arch of 20 different types of pink, white, purple and yellow flowers.
And they had enough left over to dry some out and press them - so that they could be showered with a confetti of their own petals as they walked out of the ceremony.
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
The couple grew all the flowers themselves in an allotment they took on just twelve months before their wedding on August 10 after almost nine years together.
The couple, both 25, from Salisbury, Wilts., described the gardening project as "a steep learning curve".
Tyler, a carpenter, joked: "Up until we got the allotment, my only real experience of gardening was that I had killed a few house plants.
"When we first got the allotment last summer we didn't really have a clear aim in mind. It wasn't our initial thought to grow the flowers for our wedding.
"We've always had the ambition of being quite self-sustaining, and growing our own plants.
"Once we'd decided we'd grow flowers for the wedding, it was quite a steep learning curve.
"We jumped in at the deep end. We had to prepare it all in the winter, so we spent quite a lot of time down there with freezing fingers.
"Then as it got closer to the wedding, with the heat of this summer, we were quite often down there watering the flowers at 7am.
"Sometimes we wouldn't leave the allotment until 10pm. Most of our weekends were spent down at the allotment.
"Minutes definitely turn to hours down there - but we enjoyed it. We weren't sick of it."
He added: "So much can go wrong with extreme weather - some days we would go down there and find the ground as flat as a pancake."
Tyler and his graphic designer bride, Aimee, threw themselves into their wedding project, growing 20 different types of flowers for their venue at Dean Hill Farm in West Dean, West Sussex.
And the couple were certainly not short of ideas on how to use their flowers to decorate their wedding venue.
Tyler said: "In the weeks leading up to the wedding we collected loads of jam jars and dotted them around with flowers in them.
"We also had a floral centrepiece on each table, and I built a wooden arch that we could decorate with flowers."
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Aimee's six bridesmaids and Tyler's three groomsmen had bouquets and buttonhole flowers picked from the couple's allotment.
And Tyler said the most "time-consuming" part of the floral arrangements was drying out flowers and pressing the petals to be used as confetti.
He said: "Luckily we had more than enough flowers, and we got quite a good response from people.
"Loads of our friends ended up pitching in to help us arrange the flowers, so it all went smoothly. It was really, really good."
Tyler said his favourite flowers to grow were the small, round poppy seed heads - whilst his new wife preferred the "showy" flowers, like the dahlias.
And the newlyweds don't have any plans to stop there.
He added: "A friend of ours is getting married in three weeks and has asked us to do the flowers for their wedding.
"I think the aim is eventually to turn this into a small business. We've invested a lot in the allotment in the last year, and the flowers always grow back after you cut them."
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Video shows the moment a man picks up a massive stranded jellyfish with his bare hands
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This video shoes the moment a brave bystander rescued a massive stranded JELLYFISH - by picking it up with his bare hands.
Kind-hearted Belal Almassri, 34, was on his way home following a business meeting when he spotted the huge creature stuck against rocks in shallow water.
He said he didn't want to see the animal suffer, so took it upon himself to set it free.
But he soon realised he'd have to lift it, so had to pick up the stinger and push it back out to deeper waters off Plymouth, Devon.
He said: "I was walking back from a meeting with my mate along the Barbican when we just saw this huge jellyfish, I have never seen anything like it.
"We could see it was stuck and the tide was going lower and lower, so someone had to do something about it.
"I went down and saw it was moving so I started pushing it out into the water.
"We watched it for about half an hour afterwards and it was definitely moving so I think we managed to save it.
"It was so heavy I couldn’t lift it myself."
Image by: Conor Davidge
Belal, who is originally from Palestine, was wary of the jellyfish's tentacles which can deliver a painful sting.
But, fortunately for him, the worst injury he picked up was a small cut on his foot from a sharp rock.
"Some people did warn me that it could sting me or be dangerous but I am aware that there is a certain way of holding – not from underneath," he said.
"I took it from its head and pushed it away.
"I was not really scared. The water was very cold though!
"When I got out I realised I had a cut on my foot but it was nothing serious."
Video by: Conor Davidge
